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PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY
Education
and
Outreach
Gregory Snow
University of Nebraska
DPF 2011, Providence, Rhode Island
9-13 August 2011DPF 2011, August 9, 2011Auger Education and Outreach – G. Snow
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Outline• Introduction to the Auger Observatory and Goals of the Education and Outreach Task
• Efforts in Mendoza Province, Argentina• Public Lectures• Building Open House Celebrations• Visitor Center in Office Building• Rural Schools Program• Science Fairs• James Cronin School in Malargüe
• Other Education/Outreach Efforts• Online Resources• New video documentary• Michigan Technical University Scholarship
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Highlights of 10+ years of outreach activities
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Malargüe is a small town on the high plains, the foothills of the Andes. Mendoza Province is also the wine making region of Argentina.
We are here.
The Pierre Auger Observatory
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Observatory Layout
Surface Detector (SD) Array 1600 detector stations 1.5 km spacing 3000 km2
Fluorescence Detectors (FD) 4 Telescope enclosures 6 Telescopes per
enclosure 24 Telescopes total
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The Hybrid Design – 2 detector techniques employed
• Nearly calorimetric energy calibration of the fluorescence detector transferred to the event gathering power of the surface array.
• A complementary set of mass sensitive shower parameters.
• Different measurement techniques force understanding of systematic uncertainties
• Determination of the angular and core position resolutions
Surface detector array + Air fluorescence detectors
Glow represents UV fluorescence light emitted by N2 in atmosphere
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• Education and Outreach paper and poster presented at each ICRC along with science papers
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ICRC 2011, Beijing, August 2011Proceedings contribution
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Goals of the Education/Outreach Task
• Use the Auger Observatory and international collaboration to enhancescience literacy and technology skills in the regions of the Auger sitesand internationally
• Increase public awareness and support for basic research in physics,astrophysics, and all areas of science
• Encourage and support a wide range of education/outreach projectswhich link schools, community groups, and the public with thescience and scientists of the Auger Observatory
• Provide technical and non-technical information on Auger to a wide range of audiences – students, public, government officials, scientific colleagues
• Recruit and encourage the participation of groups underrepresentedin science in Auger education/outreach activities
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Auger collaborators participatingin Malargüe Day parade – a tradition !!
2000
2003
2004
2005
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Auger collaboration participatesin Malargüe Day parades
2010
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Public Lectures in Malargüe
• Nightly science talks given to student and adult groups during collaboration meetings
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Auger Office Complex InaugurationOctober 2001
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Visitor Center at Auger Office Building
Visitor Center10 12 m2
Data Acquisition
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Seats 60 people
Quarter-size FD mirrorset-up from Karlsruhe
Visitor Center at Auger Office Building
Spark Chamber fromPortugal
PC and multimediaprojection
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Visitor Center Hosts Many School Groups
57 7th graders from General Alvear
60 elementary studentsfrom Malargüe
50 7th graders from Maipu
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Visitors logged since 2001 by year
Over 65,000 total, about 6000 per year
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• Collaboration instrumental in Malargüe’s new planetarium, the 2nd in Argentina.
On Scientific Council
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Rural Schools Program
Observatory staff members volunteer their time to bring cosmic rayscience and infrastructure improvements to remote schools which have difficulty visiting the Observatory
Supported by donations from collaborating institutions and individualsto an Education Fund
Science presentationDonation of electric heaters
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The Collaboration has sponsored three Science Fairsin its Assembly Building
2005 Science Fair
Poster for advertising
25 student-teachers teamsfrom all over Mendoza
Province
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November 2007 Science Fair drew42 participating teams
Jim Cronin with first-placeteam in Technology
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November 2010 Science Fair drew22 participating teams
Youngest team and farthestdistance traveled
Collaborators serveas judges
Prizes awardedDPF 2011, August 9, 2011Auger Education and Outreach – G. Snow
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Close Contact with Malargüe Schools
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Diplomas for students with names on SD tanks
• Tank names solicited from Malargüe students
November 2003
“Ezra”
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Collaboration members present frequent courses for local science teachers
Rebeca Lopez (Mexico) explains hands-onoptics experiments to Malargüe teachers
Beatriz García (UTN Mendoza) presents an astronomycourse to Malargüe teachers
Rebeca Lopez presenting hands-on course toteachers in General Alvear, 200 km from Malargüe
Malargüe teachers demonstrate theirown experiments to other teachers
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James Cronin School Inauguration
New school openedNovember 2007
Funding from Malargüe,Mendoza Province,
U.S. Grainger Foundation
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Google Earth Model of the Observatory
3D images of Observatory buildings and detectors with fly-over capability
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Release of event information to public• Since October 2007• 5 languages• Wikipedia links• Google site statistics, 4000 hits per year
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Using Auger data released to public
Lamar, Colorado, high school students win regional science fair
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New Auger Video Documentary
• “Voces del Universo”, 26 minutes• Features detectors and work at the site, plus activities at collaborating universities, interviews in native languages• English and Spanish subtitles• DVD and video stream at http://www.auger.org
Surface detector and signagealong Route 40
Fermilab’s Carlos Hojvatwith Geiger counters
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Michigan Technological UniversityScholarship
Dave Nitz and Angelo Chialva at MTU
• One student from Malargüe supported for 4-year program every other year
• Tuition, room and board, fees covered
• Students selected by Malargüe’s school principals and mayor
• 1st student enrolled Autumn 2001
• 4th student graduated May 2011
• Students have embarked on engineering or science careers in the U.S. or Argentina
• 5th student to started in the Autumn 2010
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Conclusions
• Outreach in the local community and beyond has been instrumental to the success of the Auger Observatory
• Close contact with the community and schools has fostered a sense of ownership and being part of the experiment’s scientific mission
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Backup Slides
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The Auger Collaboration67 Institutions, 369 Collaborators
Argentina NetherlandsAustralia PolandBolivia* PortugalBrazil Slovenia Czech Republic SpainFrance U.K. Germany USAItaly Vietnam*
Mexico
* associate
U.S. Institutions (17)Argonne NYU N. Mex.Case Western Northeastern PennColo. School of Mines Ohio State UtahColo. State Penn State WisconsinFermilab UCLALouisiana State ChicagoMichigan Tech Nebraska
Alan Watson Jim CroninDPF 2011, August 9, 2011Auger Education and Outreach – G. Snow
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Aerial Photos of Fluorescence BuildingsNovember 2006
LIDAR Enclosure
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Some nights in Spanish
40 students and teachersin attendance
Hans spoke Spanish
Many collaborators participateHans: WelcomeBeatriz: Physics introIngo: SD statusAlberto: FD statusTere: Results
Tere gotinspired
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Some nights in English
68 people in attendance, mostly students of English
Question to Alan: “What do cosmic rays have to do with the origin of the Universe?”
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Mendoza Province’s only Planetarium in Malargüe
• Auger collaboration and city of Malargüe worked together on the idea of a planetarium
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Press coverage, press releases
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Forum with Teachers and Students
• 120 participants• 8 Auger collaborators• Discussion of future programs requested by teachers and students• Many good ideas: future course topics, coordination with School Board, science fair, …
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Eureka Science Park in MendozaParque de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
• Two years of planning and logistics led to the public inauguration of an Auger Observatory exhibit on November 22, 2003
• Outside: 2 Mexican SD tanks outdoors with explanatory signs
• Inside: Italian FD prototype from Los Leones, posters, brochures, PC with interactive activities, small displays
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Eureka Science Museum
• Mexican prototype SD tanks
• Outfitted by UTN, Mendoza, group
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Eureka Science MuseumFormer Los Leones prototype mirrorsdonated to Eureka by Torino group/INFN
Children are fascinated by it!DPF 2011, August 9, 2011Auger Education and Outreach – G. Snow
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Eureka Science Museum
Electronics displays PCs, brochures, posters
BeepingGeigercounterdisplay
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Eureka Science Museum
History of cosmic ray physicsin Argentina and Auger details
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Auger Exhibit Inauguration
• Governor elect of Mendoza Province, Ing. Julio Cobos
• Press coverage
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The James Cronin School of Communication, Art and Design
Naming ceremony
New building neededFunding initiative in progress
1st graduation festival Nov. 2003
Visits with students
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Three students place 11th (out of 300) in Mendoza Science Fairwith their Auger exhibit and accompanying posters
Collaborators help with local student science projects
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Press coverage, press releases
Mendoza
Eureka exhibit opening
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Rumbos Magazine (Los Andes)
Press coverage, press releases
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December 2003
Press coverage, press releases
Professors, students part of effort to learn about cosmic rays The mention of Argentina conjures any number of exotic or dramatic images ... Eva Peron ... dancing the tango ... gauchos riding the plains ... falling high-energy cosmic rays …..
Louisiana State, Jim MatthewsJanuary 2004
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Visitor Center Web Site
News at the Web, and by e-mail
Home page
News postings
Monthly news and events E-mail bulletinDPF 2011, August 9, 2011Auger Education and Outreach – G. Snow
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Inauguration, November 2008
Mendoza Province Governor Celso Jacque (left)
Over 200 dignitariesattended from all over
the world
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Inauguration, November 2008
Argentina Vice President Julio Cobos (right)
“Asado” withtraditional dancers and music
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Inauguration, November 2008
Mendoza Province Governor Celso Jacque (left)
Over 200 dignitariesattended from all over
the world
Judy!
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Inauguration, November 2008
Pier OddoneFermilab director
Robert Aymarthen CERN director
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